Privacy Policy

CONET values your privacy and the integrity and protection of your personal data. This privacy policy applies to this and all other websites which contain a link to this privacy policy.

In the following sections we provide you with detailed information on how we deal with personal data and how this website collects and processes user data.

In general, the use of our website is possible without disclosing personal data. On some pages of our website, however, you may be asked to provide personal data in compliance with currently valid privacy laws and regulations. This data is used by us in order to improve the value of our website to users, as well as to be able to keep in touch later on.

For example, you will be asked to enter personal information when filling out the contact form or newsletter subscription form. In these cases you are asked to enter your name, e-mail address and other personal data that we need in order to be able to offer you the desired services. By entering the respective data, you agree to a collection, use and storage of this data in connection with the above mentioned services. Please note that our Terms and Conditions for Events apply to all such services as well.

We respect your right to privacy and protect the confidentiality of your personal data. Your personal data will only be used in the scope of the direct relationship between you and CONET. Your data will not be made available to third parties – neither for payment nor free of charge. The only exceptions to this rule are when we are legally required to disclose data, are entitled to do so (e.g. in course of order-data processing) or when the forwarding of event and service-related data is necessary for our partners to effectively provide the desired services, e.g. when events are held outside our own facilities.

You have the right to request information on your personal data stored by CONET at any time. You also have the right to request the deletion of your personal data. In case that we are required by law to store the respective data for a prescribed period of time, we will, however, stop the use of the data from the time of your request. Furthermore, you also have the right to request correction of your data at any time. Please direct any such enquiries in writing (letter, fax or e-mail) to:

We use state-of-the-art technology and security measures to guarantee the protection of your data. All our employees that might get in contact with your data are contractually obliged to comply to secrecy and data security.

CONET Technologies AG as CONET's holding company and content provider of this site is responsible for this site's original contents according to § 7 section 1 of the German Telemediengesetz. This site, however, also contains various links to external sites of other providers, for the accuracy of which and compliance with existing laws and regulations CONET cannot accept any responsibility or liability whatsoever; the sole responsibility for these contents lies with their respective publishers or providers. Any linked external contents were checked for accuracy and compliance with existing laws and regulations when the respective links were originally set. At that time, no irregularities were found. A permanent control of all external links without any hints or proof for any irregularities is not reasonable due to the number and extent of these contents. In the case of being notified about any infringements, however, CONET will correct or delete the respective links in reasonable time.

External Services and Technology

The site www.conet.de uses the Google Maps API for depicting geographical information on CONET's company offices and other locations and to provide a comfortable option for calculating routes and itineraries. When using Google Maps, certain data on the usage of the maps functionality are collected, aggregated and used by Google (Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043). By using the Google Maps functionality, you agree to the collection, processing and use of the automatically collected data and further data entered by you by Google, its affiliates and partners or other third parties. You can at any time prevent the data transfer to Google by deactivating JavaScript in your browser. Please be advised, though, that in this case you will not be able to use any maps, routes or even some other functionality on this site. Further information on the ways Google uses and processes your data can be found in Google's privacy policy at http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy/privacy-policy.html.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States of America. In case IP-anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated within the area of Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the whole IP address will be first transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The IP-anonymization is active on this website. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing them other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP-address that your Browser conveys within the scope of Google Analytics will not be associated with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. Please note, however, that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics with effect for the future by downloading and installing the 0Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your current web browser via the following Link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. As an alternative to the browser add-on or within browsers on mobile devices, you can click this link in order to opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics within this website in the future (the opt-out applies only for the browser in which you set it and within this domain). An opt-out cookie will be stored on your device, which means that you'll have to click this link again, if you delete your cookies. Source: RA Thomas Schwenke – I LAW it

This site also uses WiredMinds Services (http://www.wiredminds.de) for collecting and processing anonymized data for the continuous optimization and analysis of our site. In the creation of anonymized user profiles, pseudonyms will be generated. This might in certain cases also include the use of cookies, which also collect and store data in a pseudonymous form. In no case whatsoever, this data will be used to identify users personally or to connect details with the data of certain pseudonyms.

As an additional web analyzing tool, CONET also uses Piwik (http://piwik.org). Piwik employs the so-called Cookies, which are saved on your computer in order to facilitate an analysis of the use of our website. In order to do so, the usage data generated by the respective cookie (including your shortened IP address) is transferred to our servers and saved there for purposes of usage analysis, helping us to better understand the website usage and to improve our offer in accordance with the needs of our visitors. Your IP address is in this process immediately anonymized, so that we are not abel to identify specific users. The data generated by the cookie are not forwarded outside of our company. You may prevent the cookie from functioning by turning cookies off in your browser. Please note that disabling cookies might result in restricted functionality on this or other sites. Furthermore, if you do not consent to the generation, use and storage of your user data, you can object to any such use at any time.

Additionally, this site also uses connections to social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and XING. Some of these platforms' predefined buttons and plug-ins, however, collect user data even without any actions being taken by the user. Since we do not approve of this way of collecting data, we use a 2-click-engine developed by German IT portal heise online. By regularly depicting inactive standard buttons, this solutions prevents external platforms from collecting data. Once you click on the inactive buttones, they will become active and you might proceed with the desired action of liking, sharing or recommending. Therefore, by clicking the respective button, the user consents to using the respective social media and to data being collected by these platforms. Source (in German): heise online